German 58th Infantry Division

The 58th Infantry Division was a division of the German Wehrmacht that was active from 26 August 1939 to 8 May 1945 during World War II. The 58th Division was formed from reservists, World War I divisions, and a small active cadre supplied by regular divisions, and its younger troops were trained in Luneburg in northern Nazi Germany. The division fought in the Battle of France in 1940 and then Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and it saw action in the Demyansk Pocket and then at the Battle of Narva. The division was surrendered to the Red Army at the Hela Peninsula on 8 May 1945.